fannish shinies

[julesjones]

The fruit of my over-indulgence in the Amazon boxset sale has just arrived. The Professionals, New Who series 3, and the Girl in the Fireplace clockwork android 12" figure (which Amazon obviously had too many of, because they were selling them for a fiver at the time).

The cover of the Who set is *incredibly* slashy. The Doctor and a smirking Master standing back to back, each fondling their decidedly phallic screwdrivers...

Comments

[luscious-words.livejournal.com]

Three cheers for slashy stuff. *BG*

[julesjones]

There have been complaints that the slash in s3 was just *too* in your face -- it spoils the fun when it's right there in the programme instead of being transgressive. :-)

[luscious-words.livejournal.com]

That's true in some instances. I just watched a movie last night that was very slashy and not in the 'in your face' manner. But I know some people like it to be very subtle and only hinted at.

[antikythera.livejournal.com]

My PBS station is showing Sherlock Holmes (with Jeremy Brett and David Burke) on Saturday nights. I am trying really really hard to watch without the slash goggles on.

[julesjones]

Even my mother noticed with that one when she was watching it recently. I don't think it was intentional, but the source text really does invite it when looked at through modern eyes, and the chemistry between the actors makes it very hard to take the slash goggles off.

[antikythera.livejournal.com]

Holmes is just so flamboyant. Watson alternates between worshipful and good-naturedly tolerant. And then sometimes they bicker like an old married couple. ^^

[antikythera.livejournal.com]

Also: I read (or at least tried to read, it was a bit of a slog because it was a rather dry academic paper that someone was hoping to market to a popular audience) a book called Queer Cowboys, about homoerotic meaning in American novels of the 19th and early 20th centuries, mostly westerns.

The author talked about a particular trope where the story is told from the POV of a 'sidekick' type character whose role is to constantly admire the protagonist and be astonished by his feats of strength, bravery, brains, etc. and just generally show the reader how awesome the hero is. It's not just in American novels, it's in all the British Victorian literature too, and Watson is a perfect example.

[kalypso-v.livejournal.com]

Raffles and Bunny...

[agentxpndble.livejournal.com]

Ooo... That's quite the haul! I *adore* that cover and spent a fortune getting the R2 set just because of it. :)))

[julesjones]

It's a gorgeous cover, though my reason for getting the box set was more to do with desperately, desperately wanting the relevant episodes. :-) Since Other Half is away tonight, I can please myself as to what to watch while eating dinner. I think the Extremely Subtexty Conversation Through A Door About Abandonment Issues will do nicely.

There is a tiny fannish reference towards the end of the new profic short story I've just put up. With any luck it will amuse those who notice.